News from August 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: HONOLULU - Mitchum L. Pastor, 52, was sentenced today to 14 years in prison for the bank robberies of First Hawaiian Bank and Hawaii State Federal Credit Union. As part of his sentence, Pastor must pay $320 in restitution, and serve 3 years of supervised release following his incarceration.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill, the top-ranking Democrat on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, has called for answers from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General (DHS OIG) after recent reports of sexual misconduct and mismanagement by a high-ranking FEMA official.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: At approximately 2:19 p.m. on Aug. 27, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Dispatch received a 911 call reporting a vessel coming into the Wahweap Marina with a male drowning victim on board. National Park Service Rangers and a Coconino County Sheriff’s Deputy responded, arriving at the Wahweap Boat...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A former broker and investment adviser today admitted stealing millions of dollars from his clients in order to pay for personal expenses, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a superseding indictment charging 12 members and associates of the CBL/BFL Gang with racketeering and narcotics conspiracy; possession of firearms in furtherance of a crime of violence; and possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $10,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Matthew Bailer, 33, of Jamestown, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession of child pornography. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Authorities have arrested 10 members and associates of an Inglewood-based street gang on federal narcotics-trafficking and firearms charges contained in a grand jury indictment that outlines how the defendants obtained cocaine, used a purported convenience store to convert it into crack cocaine, and distributed the drugs on the streets of Inglewood and South Los Angeles.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams has announced charges against six individuals for their roles in two vast conspiracies to traffic marijuana grown in Portland to Texas, Virginia and Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Chelsey Farley, of Philippi, West Virginia, has admitted to a methamphetamine distribution charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX - Yesterday, Joseph Alexander Dashee, 26, of Tempe, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge David G. Campbell to 17 years’ imprisonment to be followed by lifetime supervised release for distribution of child pornography and abusive sexual contact. Dashee previously pleaded guilty to distribution of child pornography and abusive sexual contact. Dashee will also be required to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: Postal Employee Indicted in a Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that the United States has reached a settlement with Vantage Trust Federal Credit Union. The United States had sued Vantage seeking to remove Vantage from federal land and to recover money damages.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: Dear Acting Inspector General Whitcomb: We write to request that your office conduct an investigation into the reported release by the United States Postal Service of a former employee’s unredacted Standard Form 86 (SF-86) and any other related personal information that was released in violation of...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: Orlando, FL -U.S. District Judge Carlos E. Mendoza has sentenced Windesthon Junior Pierre (22, Winter Garden) to 12 years and 3 months in federal prison for robbery. Judge Mendoza also sentenced Stephon Tevonta Johnson (22, Kissimmee) to 11 years and 9 months’ imprisonment for the same offense. Another individual, Sly Shaniel De Los Santos (23, Kissimmee), is awaiting sentencing for his role in this case. All three pleaded guilty earlier this year.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Juan Humberto Martinez-Vega, 47, and Giovani Ramirez-Soto, 26, both citizens of Mexico, were arrested and charged by criminal complaint with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and distribution of, methamphetamine. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 40 years, and a $5,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On Aug. 29, 2018, Amaurys Mendez Campanon, 40, of Miami, Florida, was sentenced by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Judge, to serve a total of 57 months in federal prison for his role in a wire fraud and aggravated identity theft conspiracy involving credit card skimmers. Upon his release from prison, he will be supervised by U.S. Probation for three years. Campanon was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $21,114.84.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Jeremy T. Walker, 33, of Jackson, was found guilty Tuesday, after a two-day trial before U.S. District Judge William H. Barbour, Jr., of being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Dana Nichols, Special Agent in Charge, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: CONCORD - United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Meghan Bowers, 31, of Candia, New Hampshire and Albert Gordon, 45, of Manchester, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty to participating in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A Mexican National illegally in the United States has entered a guilty plea to attempting to smuggle four illegal aliens through the brush which resulted in death, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Butler, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
